Armenia’s Security Council Secretary reacts to CSTO Council decision
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Armenia’s Security Council Secretary Alen Simonyan has commented on the CSTO Council’s decision to deprive Armenia of its voting rights in the organization.
In a three-line post in Russian, he wrote on Facebook: “They deprived us of our voice there, where everyone remained deafeningly silent when they were all unitedly killing us.”
At the November 11 meeting of the CSTO Council, a decision was made to deprive Armenia of its voting rights in the organization, as well as its right to nominate candidates for quota-based positions. The decision was made because Armenia has not participated in CSTO activities for an extended period and has not paid its membership fees.
Armenia has frozen its participation in CSTO activities since 2024 and has not been paying membership fees. Recently, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia considers all its interests related to the CSTO exhausted.